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The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame celebrates the most influential music artists, groups, and singer-songwriters in the industry’s history. With so much excellence in music over the decades, they are pumping out a fresh new round of inductees every single year.

This year was no different — the Hall of Fame honored several incredible musicians and bands that have changed the course of music itself over time. Check out some of the best music from the 2017 Rock Hall of Fame Inductees here — you can use Replay Music to record all of your favorite songs from Spotify!

“Electric Light Orchestra, or more popularly known as ELO, were formed in Birmingham England in 1970 when Jeff Lynne and Roy Wood, members of The Move, had the vision to start a new project that would create modern rock and pop songs with classical overtones.” – Rock Hall of Fame

“If you’ve seen Joan Baez live you’ll know the simmering charismatic presence that draws you into her performance. It’s a powerful force that saw her cross over from her folk roots into the mainstream, achieving gold albums in the 70’s and also provided a platform for her lifetime’s work, championing civil rights and human rights, highlighting the downtrodden, standing up against discrimination and reminding us it’s not always only rock ‘n roll.” – Rock Hall of Fame

“Call it what you will – Arena Rock, Stadium Rock, Concert Rock – the music of Journey defined the big rock and roll sound of the late 1970s and early 1980s. Formed in San Francisco in 1973, the group was initially a combination of ex-Santana members Neal Schon and Gregg Rolie, and ex- Frumious Bandersnatch members.” – Rock Hall of Fame

“When they released their debut album, Ten, in August, 1991, Pearl Jam were a band of young unknowns to anyone not from Seattle, Washington. At home, Pearl Jam were practically a supergroup – founded in 1990 at a crossroads of classic rock, Seventies heavy metal and hardcore punk, just as that city’s underground scene was about to go worldwide.” – Rock Hall of Fame

“Beyond his popularity, Tupac Shakur is one of the most complex figures to emerge from hip-hop – really, to emerge from any art form.His naked emotion and fearless personal revelation were a direct influence on MCs from Eminem to Kendrick Lamar.” – Rock Hall of Fame

“Yes is the most enduring, ambitious and virtuosic progressive band in rock history. By fusing the cinematic soundscapes of King Crimson with the hard rock edge of The Who and the soaring harmonies and melodies of Simon and Garfunkel, they took progressive rock from a small audience of aficionados to radio airwaves and football stadiums all over America.” – Rock Hall of Fame

“Nile Rodgers is one of those rare musical talents that can do almost anything. He began his journey as a session musician in his hometown, New York City – playing with the Sesame Street traveling band, and then as a house band member at the Apollo. In 1977 Rodgers formed the funk/disco/soul band CHIC along with bass player Bernard Edwards.“ – Rock Hall of Fame

Remember — you can use Replay Music for PC to record music from all of these artists directly from Spotify, Pandora, iHeartRadio, and other amazing online music streaming sources!

Want to record music from Spotify to add to your own personal collection? Listening offline is one thing, but having access to all of your favorite music on any device that you want is sure to take you to a whole new level of music appreciation.

Replay Musicfor PC lets you easily record any music from Spotify – if you can stream it online, you can capture it forever! With advanced audio recording technology that eliminates system sounds and background noises, you get the cleanest audio recording possible. Replay music also lets you:

Just three simple steps and you’ll be on your way to recording and saving all of your favorite tracks, albums and playlists from Spotify. Build the ultimate music collection and create the perfect playlist with the power of Replay Music!

Watch this video to learn more about how to record music from Spotify:

Ready to record music from Spotify and listen anywhere, on any device?

Warmer weather is on its way, but you can get a jump start with music to melt away the chilly weather and get ahead on some Spring cleaning by starting with these playlists. Spruce up and grow your own personal music collection with the help of Replay Music for PC and some of our favorite springtime Spotify playlists below.

With just a few simple steps, you can record music from Spotify and take all these awesome tracks (and a few poems!) on-the-go with you, anywhere.

With its many shortcomings, you can (and should) arm yourself with special tools to help you dive through any obstacles that an Internet connection or Netflix account may throw at you. Replay Media Catcher is a powerful program built to download movies from Netflix and other online streaming websites, so you can watch your favorites at any time.

Why Download From Netflix?

Netflix isn’t perfect, and your viewing location often isn’t either. With the streaming services’ constantly rotating catalog paired with the unreliability of the Internet, WiFi-less traveling and more, it’s more important than ever to keep your favorites offline.

How to Download from Netflix

Replay Media Catcher is the ultimate downloader for Netflix. With advanced technology that downloads at 10x playback speed, seamless integrations with iTunes, Google Drive and more, and a built-in converter that supports all major file types, it’s the best way to capture and save all your favorites to view offline.

Online videos are everywhere, coming in all kinds of shapes and genres imaginable. From comedy clips and music videos to exclusive series and top-grossing movies, video sites and services like YouTube, Vimeo, BBC, Ustream, and others have got it all. Online video sites are only as reliable as your WiFi connection is, though, and each website’s users and top-rated channels can add or remove media without warning.

Wouldn’t it be great to be able to download these videos to watch and enjoy anywhere, anytime, without interruptions? An online video grabber tool is the only way to access your favorite online videos wherever Internet isn’t, so you can always have entertainment on-hand.

How to Use the Online Video Grabber

Replay Media Catcher is the fastest, most powerful online video grabber tool to capture any video from YouTube and thousands of other media sites. Just play any video along with the software, and it will be downloaded back to your PC computer faster than real-time; 10 times faster than playback speed! Download and grab online videos with Replay Media Catcher in just a few simple steps:

2. Launch Replay Media Catcher and turn on Auto Mode. This will keep Replay Media Catcher on the lookout for any streaming videos or online content to download and grab up automatically.

3. Open the video you want to grab and download for your own media collection.

4. Once the video has finished downloading, the file status will change to “Complete.”

Once you’ve used the online video grabber tool, the downloaded video files can be easily transferred from your over to smartphones or tablets, burned to DVDs for personal use, or used in other programs like PowerPoint or video editors. Besides being an easy-to-use online video grabber, it also:

Automatically converts recorded files to a format of your choice.

Lets you schedule live streamed recordings.

Has embedded video and media guides to help you find interesting video content.

We spend a lot of time analyzing debug logs and frequently give customers a quick video to test, which means we’re often in search of short clips that that end play a vital role in the data logging process. Needless to say, we watch a lot of videos (and other types of media) and want to share them with you!

He stumbles, he trips, he… scores?! March Madness is the pinnacle event for every college basketball fanatic, featuring the absolute best players from the NCAA doing what they do best. To celebrate all of the completely mind-blowing, unexpected and seat-gripping moments of the NCAA championship tournament, we thought we’d share some of the best March Madness highlights from years’ past.

If March Madness 2017 is anything like the regular season, we’re in for an intense and totally unpredictable postseason tournament. Trust us, you’re not going to want to miss a minute. While nothing’s ever set-in-stone, FiveThirtyEight statistics are pointing to a few clear regional leads who may advance to the Final Four:

South // Florida: 41.1% chance

East // Michigan State: 24.0% chance

West // Arizona: 42.4% chance

Midwest // Louisville: 38.1% chance

Start placing your bets – the madness is set to begin following Selection Sunday(March 14, 2017 @ 5:30 P.M. ET) to determine which teams have made it into the Final Four. Along with your standard options, you can live stream March Madness from CBSSports.com online. With the CBS Sports March Madness live stream, use Replay Video Capture to record every game in the postseason tournament!

iHeartRadio is one of many popular music and radio streaming services available online today. Providing radio lovers with a free, unlimited platform of entertainment, it’s perfect for fans of music, news, sports and other popular radio show genres. So, what do you do when you want to access iHeartRadio on-the-go? The site doesn’t allow you to download music or listen to iHeartRadio offline.

Replay Music is a powerful audio recorder for saving streaming music, so you can easily record music from iHeartRadio and save the music or radio show back to your computer as an MP3 file! Replay Music is completely legal to use for your own personal collection, just like a CD ripping program, tape recorder or DVR, making it fast and simple to record and convert all of the music and radio your heart desires.

Recording from iHeartRadio Step-by-Step

Replay Music is a top-rated online music downloader that lets you save streaming music. After using our software to record music from iHeartRadio, you’ll never have to worry about being offline again!

1. Download Replay Music for PC.

Follow the instructions in the installer to safely install it on your PC.

2. Click Record to start capturing music from iHeartRadio.

After you launch the software, navigate to the big Record button to start downloading music. Replay Music will start to listen for audio to record and convert music automatically, so you can record from iHeartRadio right away.

4. Open iHeartRadio and play music!

Replay Music will start recording the second your music starts to play! Audio recorded with Replay Music is high quality, and each track is tagged with the correct artist, song title, album information, and even lyrics.

More than just an audio recorder, Replay Music can:

Save any music into high-quality MP3 files.

Separate individual tracks.

Automatically tag with metadata and add artwork.

Eliminate system sounds and background noises for a clean recording.

Watch our short tutorial video for more details on how to record online music with Replay Music:

Hulu is an incredible streaming platform if you love watching TV shows, movies, and other video clips online. With all kinds of online video entertainment and free access to a lot of content, it’s one of the best ways to stay up-to-date on your favorites. Streamers and cable-cutters agree — Hulu is an awesome service, but unfortunately it doesn’t allow you to watch Hulu offline or without WiFi. And, when the platform removes your favorite shows and movies, how will you ever watch them again?

Replay Video Capture is a powerful streaming video downloader that lets you easily record Hulu videos. After recording movies and TV shows from Hulu, you’ll always have your perfect media collection, and will never have to worry about being offline or without WiFi again!

2. Log in to your Hulu account and open the Hulu video you want to capture, and start playing the show or movie.

3. Head back to Replay Video Capture and select “Get Video” to automatically find the video on your screen. You can also resize or move the window to narrow down your recording area, click “Retry” to redo the detection, or mark the recording area manually by using the Mark Video Window button.

4. Click “Record” and Replay Video Capture will automatically start to record videos from Hulu in high quality. As you’re recording from Hulu, the Record button will turn into a Stop button, and the Play button becomes Pause. Click on “Stop” when the video has ended.

With Replay Video Capture, you can schedule Hulu recordings, boost the volume of the audio, and even stream and record from Hulu in “background mode” to use your browser while the recording is happening — it’s the best way to make lightning-fast, production quality video recordings of all of your favorite movies and series, so you can record from Hulu and watch anywhere.

Online streaming is entirely awesome. Netflix, Amazon Prime, and Hulu allow you to binge-watch your favorite series whenever you want, on any kind of device that you connect with. However, these solutions are far from being perfect. Sometimes your favorite show can be inaccessible or disappear without a trace — that’s why many consumers who fall in love with fast-paced shows such as House of Cards or Orange is the New Black really want to know how to record Netflix.

Netflix is not the only streaming platform that presents this problem. Amazon Prime and Hulu take down their shows and movies after a set period of time, too. If you don’t know how to record Hulu, Amazon Prime, or your other favorite streaming services, you might not be able to see your favorite show or movie if (and when) it’s taken down.

This alone should be good enough reason to save and watch your favorite shows offline, but here’s our complete top six list of reasons to save your online media.

1. Captured content is more consumer-friendly

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Watching shows on Netflix is great if you’re at home. But, what if you’re on-the-go? 1080p videos will burn through your monthly data plan so fast, it’ll make your head spin. If you record a movie from Netflix on your phone or tablet while you’re safely connected to your home WiFi, you can watch that content anywhere without worrying about high data charges.

Let’s not forget then that in-flight WiFi often doesn’t allow you to access streaming platforms, for reasons connected to bandwidth. Frequent flying (and other Internet-lacking means of travel) is always less stressful if you can access your favorite show or movie offline!

When it comes to paying for a streaming service, content is king. That means Netflix won’t be as aggressive as you’d expect when it comes to adding new shows.

3. Netflix doesn’t have as many titles as you might think

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As of 2016, they only had 4,563 movies and 2,445 series. As a matter of fact, their catalog has shrunk in the past year. There was one time when they had over 13,000 shows – this latest count puts them at 6,998, or just under 7,000.

Other services will most likely follow suit, as well.

4. Content licenses come and go

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Netflix is constantly changing up their copyright agreements; they operate on a temporary licensing model. This means their shows expire, and you have no idea when they are coming back.

If a show is not popular enough, they might take it down. If a show is too popular, they might have to take it down, too (usually to renegotiate the license).

5. Weak connections can spoil streaming

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Watching a movie online means that you can follow your favorite characters without interruptions. Unlike YouTube or network TV, you can fully plunge into the story without any commercial breaks or other distractions.

A lagging Internet connection or a sudden temporary disruption might spoil the most intriguing plot twist…and the moment is ruined! Internet speed is not the same everywhere, and in a pretty standard household, it’s normal to have multiple smartphones, a TV and even tablets all connected at once.

This also holds true for commuters who have to deal with an intermittent mobile connection.

6. It’s legal (for personal use) and you can still support the creators

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Your monthly or annual fee covers the licensing costs that distribution companies negotiate with each streaming platform. These, in turn, share profit with the producers; a mechanism similar to old-school TV.

From a legal standpoint, you’re on the right side of the law. In 1984, the Supreme Court ruled time-shifted to view that recording videos for your own personal, non-commercial use is not against the law. At the time of clunky VCRs, people used to record their favorite shows to watch them at a more convenient time or to be able to re-watch them. Later on, people could consider whether or not they would buy a physical copy of the movie.

The business model for producers and distribution companies has changed and revenue streams are mostly generated at theaters (for movies) and through licenses. That’s a perk of a Netflix recorder – you can save each show and watch it without limitations. In the meantime, you can still consider buying a Blu-ray or DVD (if available) to further support the creators of the show.

These are some of the reasons why being able to record Netflix, Hulu or Amazon Prime video streams is a vital complementary feature. Replay Video Capture allows people to record movies from Netflix (and basically any other platforms) before the company takes them down.

Use Replay Video Capture to get your favorite content before it disappears from your online streaming service, and to enjoy movies and online shows without worrying about your connection!

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Applian Technologies recording products are not intended for use in circumventing copy protection mechanisms or for making illegal copies of copyrighted content. Please respect the rights of the content owners when recording.